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Northern Ventures Corporation (NVC) was founded by Mr. Lawrence Levy in 1982, who serves as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He has over forty years experience in senior management and technical positions related to the industrial and government efforts of the United States in the biotechnology, computer, energy, electronics and defense/aerospace fields, and has extensive international experience.

Over his career, Mr. Levy has specialized in bringing important technology to the marketplace, starting and growing companies, and formulating unique approaches to the commercialization of products on a major scale. Mr. Levy has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Allied Research Corporation, Northern Energy Corporation, and was Vice President-Corporate Development and Vice President-International of the Raytheon Company. In this latter job, he formulated and led the marketing effort for the billion dollar sale of the Hawk missile to Saudi Arabia. He served in the U.S. Delegation to NATO in Paris, France in the two titled capacity as Minister for Defense Affairs and Representative of the U.S. Secretary of Defense in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. In this capacity, he had the responsibility for the management of several multilateral research, development and production programs, with an annual budget of over $300 million. While President of Allied Research, and as Chairman of its affiliate British company, Allied Systems Limited, Mr. Levy led the successful effort to sell the Hawker Siddeley Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft, the Harrier, to the U.S. Marine Corps. Mr. Levy currently serves on the Board of Directors of several client companies, and NVC provides active consulting to some of them in key management areas. He is currently the President (part-time basis) of the Research Institute for Genetic and Human Therapy (RIGHT) with laboratories devoted to AIDS and cancer research in Pavia, Italy and at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Mr. Levy holds a Master of Science Degree in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Ms. Joanne M. Luongo serves as a Director and Vice President of Administration, and as Secretary/Treasurer of NVC, and has been an officer of NVC since its beginning in 1982. She has over thirty years experience in administrative management, finance and support activities. She has been involved particularly in assisting startup and young companies with their administrative and financial activities and has excellent experience in these areas.

Ms. Luongo served as Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer for several years at Northern Energy Corporation, a company devoted to the commercialization of alternative energy technologies. She played a substantive role in the coordination of all programs and administrative activities. Additionally, Ms. Luongo had the responsibility for handling matters concerning meetings of the large 21 person Board of Trustees, and was the principal communications point for related activities. In other positions, she worked for several years at Northeast Airlines, Inc. where she held positions related to administrative support of the Vice-President-Sales and the Director of Sales. She also worked for Delta Airlines, Inc. after it acquired Northeast. Prior to these activities, Ms. Luongo held administrative support positions for nine years with the Avco-Everett Research Laboratory of the Avco Corporation in Everett, Massachusetts. She attended Boston College and over the years has taken courses in business administration at Boston University.

A key colleague of NVC is Mr. Richard Johnson, who has been associated with NVC for many years. He has over thirty (30) years experience in general management, marketing and technology commercialization and has a proven track record of providing design leadership, differentiating products and creating a brand identity that can help companies succeed in the marketplace. He also has an extensive network of highly qualified national and international marketing, product design and engineering firms.

Mr. Johnson heads Rich Johnson Design Strategies and utilizes a visual process as a problem solving tool that features a unique combination of design and marketing expertise to help companies win in the marketplace. He has over twenty (20) years with Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) - and recently with Compaq Computer Corporation that acquired DEC. For the past eleven (11) years, he was Director of Industrial and Graphic Design at DEC, and then Director of Strategic Industrial Design at Compaq. In this capacity he developed innovative product concepts that included hand held devices, notebooks, desktop and desk side systems, and large cabinet products. He also conducted analyses of customer data, competitive data, and design objectives. The organizations that he managed received more than 135 patents and 32 national and international design awards. Previous work experience was with Pepsico Building Systems of the Pepsico Corporation, and as a consulting industrial designer to design firms and corporations. Mr. Johnson's capabilities can be brought to bear on tasks undertaken by NVC for clients. He has worked as an integral member of the NVC team, and his unique capabilities have been extremely beneficial for several NVC clients.

Mr. Johnson holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Design from the University of Cincinnati. At Babson College he participated in executive training programs for: Management of Technology for Global Integration for the management, development and marketing of international products; Accelerated Management Development to further develop business and organizational skills.

Ms. Kerrin Cassel has served as a principal consultant to NVC since 1996, and has expertise in marketing and international finance.

From 1996 to 1999, her activities were conducted in New York City and New England, and in mid-1999, she relocated to Newport Beach, California. Her current objective is to participate in projects in the western part of the U.S. She is also available to undertake assignments in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Ms Cassel has lived abroad in Japan, where she taught English; in Spain, where she studied at the University of Seville; and Chile, where she worked for the Chilean Congress as part of a scholarship program. Prior to affiliating with NVC, she worked as a trader for the Fuji Bank in New York City.

Ms. Cassel is a graduate of Cornell University's School of Arts and Sciences, and holds an Arts Degree in Spanish. She speaks fluent Spanish and proficient Japanese.